Hi, YABCers!
Today we’re super excited to celebrate the cover reveal for FIREBRAND, the sequel to STEEPLEJACK, by A.J. Hartley, releasing June 6, 2017 from Tor Teen. Before we get to the cover, here’s a note from A.J.:
Hey, YABC! How’s it going? Better, I hope, for seeing this amazingly awesome cover art for the second book in the STEEPLEJACK series! I love it. It’s loaded with atmosphere, with excitement and mystery (check out the silhouette of the figure up on the crane!), which makes it a perfect image for the book. Plus, it just looks cool, so there’s that. Of course, I get zero credit for the art work which comes from the genius artist Michael Heath, who has nicely nailed the book’s opening sequence. These covers give me vertigo just looking at them, which is how it should be, since they are the adventures of a young woman who works in very high places 🙂 Oh, and check out that title! I threw out a bunch of alternatives before my editor (the awesome Diana Pho) and I hit on this which is, I think, pretty awesome and crackling with danger. What is the FIREBRAND? A thing? An issue? A person? Something about to set the world on fire? YES!
~A.J. Hartley (FIREBRAND, Tor Teen)
Ready to see?
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Here it is!
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FIREBRAND
Once a steeplejack, Anglet Sutonga is used to scaling the heights of Bar-Selehm. Nowadays she assists politician Josiah Willinghouse behind the scenes of Parliament. The latest threat to the city-state: government plans for a secret weapon are stolen and feared to be sold to the rival nation of Grappoli. Their investigation leads right to the doorsteps of Elitus, one of the most exclusive social clubs in the city. In order to catch the thief, Ang must pretend to be a foreign princess and infiltrate Elitus. But Ang is far from royal material, and so Willinghouse enlists help from the exacting Madam Nahreem. Yet Ang has other things on her mind. Refugees are trickling into the city, fleeing Grappoli-fueled conflicts in the north. A demagogue in Parliament is proposing extreme measures to get rid of them, and she soon discovers that one theft could spark a conflagration of conspiracy that threatens the most vulnerable of Bar-Selehm. Unless she can stop it.
About the Author
A.J. HARTLEY is the international bestselling author of a dozen novels including Steeplejack, the Darwen Arkwright series, and mystery-thrillers for adults. He is UNC Charlotte’s Robinson Professor of Shakespeare, specializing in performance theory and practice, and has published several scholarly books on dramaturgy, political theater, and drama history.
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Giveaway Details
Five winners will each receive a finished copy of the first book in the series, STEEPLEJACK.
Entering is simple, just fill out the entry form below. Winners will be announced on this site and in our monthly newsletter (sign up now!) within 30 days after the giveaway ends.
During each giveaway, we ask entrants a question pertaining to the book. Here is the question they’ll be answering in the comments below for extra entries:
What do you think about the cover and synopsis?
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I really don’t like the cover, but the synopsis and all the good things I’ve heard about the author are more than enough to excite my interest in this read! Thanks, Kara S
I meet the author when I bought the first book a month ago and sold me on the series. Can’t wait to read it.
I think the cover is exciting and am left intrigued. I love a good thriller!
The cover shows action and the synopsis promises action, suspense, and mystery. I think this is an exciting series.
The cover makes me think this story will have some good action. I think that I will like this story and the characters.